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Be cautious about using the cloud
In the last blog post I talked about the big benefits of the cloud. What should you, as an executive, be on the lookout for?
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Big benefits of using the cloud
There are major benefits for executives to consider about the cloud.
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A powerful Windows built-in firewall
While the firewall included with Windows XP was the brunt of many jokes, there is no joking about the power of the Windows 7 firewall! First of all, the firewall knows the difference between your office, home, and hot spot networks and can protect your computer accordingly.
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Don’t install anti-virus on your computers?
If you use a cloud service to provide anti-virus to your computers, you don’t need to install anti-virus anymore.
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Old-school anti-virus is no longer the best protection
Anti-virus sounds like a great feature, right? But anti-virus can be ineffective in fighting newer threats.
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Cloud computing problems and concerns
Just how important is “moving to the cloud” for your organization?
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Would you use an Air as your next Windows laptop?
I recently needed to replace a beaten and battered Windows 7 laptop with a new one. After looking at all the hardware on the market—different laptop models—I determined that none of them stacked up against my Intel based Apple MacBook Air hardware.
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Are iPads welcome in your office?
These days, the chief executives and other leaders in the organization ask IT to connect their Apple iPad into their businesses. One of the more frequent questions chief executives, as well as their IT professionals, ask is if the iPad is secure in the office.
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Why chief executives get an iPad or another slate device
When I purchased my first slate computing device, I literally thought it would just be a toy for me to play with and I would never use it for anything serious. I could not have been more wrong.
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2010 MacBook Air conversion to Native Windows 7
In case you ever want to convert an Apple to run only Windows, here are the technical steps I use:
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